Nike Unveils Two New Super Shoes, the Apex and the Swooshfly
The Apex, built around four stacked Air Zoom units, arrives in January as Nike’s fastest marathon shoe. The Swooshfly follows in the spring at $145, aimed at runners buying their first carbon-plated racer.
Brands and Gear News
Nike’s Super Shoe Architect on the Alphafly 4, Zero-Drop Prototypes & What’s Next
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Clayton Young Will Race the Chicago Marathon With a Torn Hamstring Tendon
The 2024 Olympian has a 12-centimeter split in the tendon that anchors his hamstring to his pelvis, and his doctors’ first advice was to skip the race where he plans to go after Conner Mantz’s 2:04:43 American record.
Elite Runners
The Partial Payment Promised to Unpaid Soweto Marathon Winners Has Stalled
Ten months after the race, Joseph Seutloali, Gerda Steyn and other top finishers are still owed about R1.2 million ($73,000), and the R740,000 set aside to cover part of it is stuck with a provincial sports body.
Race Coverage
Senate Passes College Sports Bill That Would Stop Major Universities From Cutting Track and Cross Country
The Protect College Sports Act, passed 77-22 on Monday night, would stop the richest athletic departments from cutting Olympic sports below their 2024-25 levels for nine years. It still has to get through the House.
Track and Field
A Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors Decided When London’s Elite Men and Women Will Race in 2027
Sabastian Sawe lost to Catherine Debrunner, so the elite men will open the two-day London Marathon on Saturday, April 24, and the elite women will race on Sunday, April 25.
Jessy Carveth
Run Clubs Must Keep Non-Sponsor Brands Out of Their New York City Marathon Cheer Zones
The guidance New York Road Runners circulated on Tuesday also keeps banners off the barricades, just over a month before the Nov. 1 race.
Race Coverage
Joyciline Jepkosgei Will Race the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday
The former world record holder has run 1:04:13, well inside a women’s course record that has stood since 2017. Her Valencia Marathon title defense follows on Dec. 6.
Race Coverage
The Olympic Flame Will Pass Through All 50 States on Its Way to Los Angeles
Atlanta, host of the 1996 Games, will welcome the flame from Greece in the spring of 2028. LA28 will publish the full route next year and has yet to say how the public can nominate torchbearers.
Track and Field
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